Holding or suspending device.



1. H. DAUGHERTY & M. L. HAHN.

HOLDING 0R SUSPENDING DEVICE.

APPLICATION H LED JULY25| I914.

Patented J 11116 1, 1915 JED Mari

60., PHOTO-LITHQ, WASHINGTON. D. C,

THE NORRIS PETERS 35 V shaped bracket which is. formed from a JEREMIAH H. nAueHnnTY AND MARTIN L'HAHN', or ROYALTON, PENNSYLVANIA.

HOLDING OE SUSPENDING DEVICE.

Patented June 1, 1915.

Application filed July 25, 1914. Serial No. 853,195.

.Pennsylvania, have invented new and useful Improvements in Holding or suspending Devices, of which the following isa specifi cation. 7 r

The present invention relates to lmprovements in holding or suspending devices, the object being to provide a device of this class primarily'intended for suspending brooms or other handled articles, which shall be simple, cheap, easily to operate and. thoroughly effective in performing the function for which it is designed.

With theabove and other objects in view,

the improvement resides in the construcvertically and longitudinally and the metal tion, combination and arrangement of parts set forth in the following specification and falling within the scope of the appended claim.

In the drawings Figure 1 is a view illustrating the application of the improvement, the dotted lines indicating the manner in which the broom is inserted within the supporting member of the improvement. Fig. 2 is a front elevation of the improvement, the supporting member being swung in a line with the body ofthe device, and Fig. 3 is a sectional view on the line 3-3 of Fig. 2. 7

Referring now-t0 the drawings in detail, the numeral 1 designates a substantially L- opposite angular side of the bracket is a plate 6, the same having its upper longitudinal edge bent to provide a barrel 5, and the said plate below the barrel is slitted between the slits is outturned to provide an angular tongue 7.

The numeral 8 designates the suspending plate of the improvement. This plate has one of its ends provided with a longitudt nally extending slot forming the same at one of the transverse edges thereof with a bar 9 which is adapted to be received within the butt or barrel 6 of the plate 6, and the said plate 8, when swung to supporting position, will be contacted by the tongue 7 to sustain the same at an angle with relation to the bracket 1. The plate 8 is of a width approximately equaling the width of the side of the bracket to which it is hingedly secured, and is provided with a laterally extending slot or cut-away portion 9, the op positely disposed longitudinal edges being adapted to engage with the opposite sides of the handle of a device such as a broom 10 to support the same when the said handle has been inserted within the slot of the plates. When the plate is arranged at its normal angle, the broom may be moved upwardly to engage 'with the'underface of the same tilting the said plate in an upward direction and permitting the handle of the broom to pass through the slot in the plate. Thereafter, the handle may be released when the same will be engaged by the oppo site longitudinal edges formed by the slot formed in the member 9.

From the above description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawing, the simplicity of the device, as well as the advantages thereof will, it is thought, be perfectly apparent to those skilled in the art to which such invention appertains without further detailed description.

Having thus described the invention, what we claim is:

In a broom holder, a bracket comprising two right angular sides which are adapted to be arranged vertically of a support and one of said sides being secured to the support, a plate connected with the second side of the bracket and having its upper edge bent to provide a longitudinally extending barrel, the said plate below the barrel being slitted vertically and longitudinally and the metal between the slits being outturned to .provide an angular tongue, a broom suspending plate is hingedly connected with 1 the bracket and is adapted to normally contu'res in presence of tWo Witnesses.

tact ith'the tongue of the aforementioned 1 plate; the said suspending plate havinga 5'substantia11y rectangular slot which enters from its edge; opposite that disposed adja- 7 cent to the supporting side of the bracket.

Copies of 1:111: patent may be obtained to 'JEREMIAH H, DAUG HERTY.

"MARTIN L. HAHN. I r

Witnesses:

,WMF-H. DIFFENDAREER,

J OHN A. RANDIBAUGE. '7

1' five, cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents, v

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